the benefits of understanding the behavior of people

8/19/2019 The Benefits of Understanding the Behavior of People

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The Benefts o

Understanding theBehavior o People in

work groups


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Dear Lord and Father of all,

Thank you for today.

Thank you for ways in which you provide for us all.

For Your protection and love we thank you.

Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on whatwe are about to learn.

Inspire us by Your Holy pirit as we listen and write.

!uide us by your eternal li"ht as we discover more

about the world around us.

#e ask all this in the name of $esus.

%men.

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THE CONCEPT

OF GROUP

AND RELATEDIDEAS


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GROUP- a collection of two or more people,

interactin", and interdependent, who

come to"ether to achieve one or more

"oals.- a number of individuals assembled

to"ether or havin" some unifyin"

relationship

- a number of people who are

connected by some shared activity,

interest, or &uality


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FORMAL GROUPS

- are the or"ani'ational work "roups,which are basically task(oriented.

)*ecchio, Hearn and outhey, +-.

/embers are vested with a formal

role in the or"ani'ation.

INFORMAL GROUPS- arise from social interaction

amon" or"ani'ational members.

/embership is voluntary.


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- Is the creation of a whole that is

"reater than the sum of its parts.

)#ood et al., +0123.- Transforms the efforts of

individual "roup members into a

product bi""er than themember4s independent outputs.

SYNERGY


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QUALITY CIRCLES

- members who come to"ether

from different sections of an

or"ani'ation to attack commonproblems by voluntarily 5oinin"

the "roup and re"ularly

attendin" their meetin"s onofficial time.)Hales, +6


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SOCIAL LOAFING

- %n undesirable

phenomenon in work

"roups as the tendency ofpeople not to work as hard

in "roups as thy would

individually. )#ood, et al.,

+01207


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McCLELLAND’S ACHIEVEMENT

MOTIVATION THEORY

- su""ests that individuals on or"ani'ations are

driven by either of the followin" needs1

+. need for achievement( to e8cel in

relation to competitive or internali'edstandards

2. need for power( control and influence

over

others

6. need for affiliation( warm, friendly

relations


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The mana"er who wishes tounderstand the behavior of people in

work "roups should analy'e the innate

attributes of members and study the

or"ani'ational structures. s9he should

likewise observe keenly how these

factors interplay in brin"in" about

results for the or"ani'ation, ):obbins etal. +0 and *ecchio et al. +0


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FROM UNDERSTANDING

THE BEHAVIOR OF

PEOPLE IN WORKGROUPS


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1. Enhanc! "ana#$’% a&'(')* )+

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- #hen a mana"er knows the nature of the

people in work "roups, the chance of

makin" perfect decisions will increase.

- The principal who is not even aware of theinformal "roup leader, would not know

whom to consult about the acceptability of

his9her ideas for improvement. ;obody can

provide him9her the valuable inputs formakin" decisions that affect the whole

school.


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0. Inc$a%! a$+$'a)n%%

+/ "ana#"n) ac)'+n%

- %ppropriate mana"ement actions brin"

closer rapport between he mana"er and the

subordinates. This better rapport eventually

opens up communication channels for richere8chan"e of innovative ideas on improvin"

the or"ani'ation.

- The knowled"e of the teacher4s stren"th and

weaknesses will "uide the principal in

identifyin" staff members who will be "iven

reco"nition, sent to in(service trainin", or

assi"ned to special tasks.


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